Plugged snow thrower

[billb3]

I used to use a silicone spray and Pam on my chute when it was new. Now that' it's old and the paint is starting to fade I find I don't have to spray it any more.

 

[devildog1]

devildog1
Haven't found that true at all, but that may just be for most of our WI snows.

beenthere, just to make sure we are on the same page and are talking about the same type of blower, single stage = one auger, duel stage =one or two augers and a fan. Now are tou saying that a single stage works and throws snow as well as a duel stage?
DevilDog

 

[Z71]

The key word is ,I have a single stage snow thrower. They are the worst design as far as snow blowers go. Really no good for anything over 3" to 5" lite snow. Sorry to say but if your in an area of high snow falls, but a duel stage blower.
DevilDog

This is right on. I just bought a JD X728 with a 47" 2-stage blower, delivering it today. I know the JD dealer well. In discussing what works he was emphatic that single stage it really no good for any heavy use, strictly light duty. Says he has sold them in the past but also has had many customers who regretted buying them. I often watch my neighbor with his single stage struggle to clean his driveway when there is more than 6 inches of snow or he hits hard snow pushed in by the plow.

 

[Toyboy]

I hear what you guys are saying about single/dual stage units but can't agree with you. I had a single stage on my Case/Ingersoll 446 for over 20 years and it done a whale of a job for me. Sticks, stones, small animals, didn't matter.

Deep snow (WI) take your time and no problems. Wet snow, same thing but smaller bites. It would clog on occasion w/wet snow but your gonna get that with anything. I did spray the chute w/silicone all the time wet or dry.

This is my first winter w/dual stage so I don't have a lot to compare one against the other, but all I can see so far is the dual stage throws the snow farther. Maybe by mid winter or spring I'll have a different view on this but as of now I'd be happy w/either system

 

[rimshot]

I guess this problem can be regional. We don't get that much wet packing type of snow. Our snow is colder and drier and easier to blow or plow.


The only time my snow blower has to experience packing snow is usually just the first one or two snows of the year and perhaps the last one or two snows in the early spring as Winter is ending. Most of the snow received December through March is much drier and seems to slip right through the blower.

rimshot

 

[MikeD74T]

I have a 1973 8hp JD 110 bought used in 1978 with a 1978 38" single stage snowblower. It works great on up to 16" of dry snow & works well on moderately damp snow. Being only 1/2 mile from tidal marsh & ocean effect most of our snowstorms either start or finish as rain. If I need to move real wet snow immediately sometimes the blower just won't move anything. Out comes the hand shovel or 580 Case depending on amount. If I can leave the snow until the water drains down the blower will handle it ok. The only time I see a dual stage blower working better is in deep drifts, and then I'm talking walk behind blowers of comparable size so that's more about maneuverability.
You'll notice that auger speed on a dual stage is many times slower than a single stage. MikeD74T

 

[jsb2b]

My father had an old (1962) Panzer with a single stage snow blower. It was made up with 2 bands of steel welded to a drum coiled outside to inside with a 4 inch horizontal flat piece in the middle connecting the bands to hurl the snow up the center chute. At full engine rpms, it could blow slush 25 feet. Once and a while it would clog if overloaded with wet snow but if you went full throttle and crept forward, it would blow snow just fine. As for snowbanks at the end of the driveway, you just drove into them, backed up to let the snow drop, and drove into them again. Lots of fun as a kid!!! Back then they were called snow blowers(single stage). Snow throwers(dual stage) were to come later and were very expensive in comparison.